The Bulls don’t hold a grudge against Carmelo Anthony for remaining with the Knicks rather than signing with them this past summer.

In fact, they love their team as constituted.

“I think he made the best decision for him and his family, and I’m just excited for my team,” Bulls forward Joakim Noah said after shoot-around at the Garden on Wednesday morning. “I think we’re really deep.”

Derrick Rose has gone as far to say this Bulls squad is the best team he has been a part of, after Chicago added free-agent forward Pau Gasol, European import Nikola Mirotic and first-round pick Doug McDermott. That’s not to say Rose didn’t want Anthony to join him.

“He made his decision, and like I said at the time, of course who wouldn’t want to play with a talent like that,” Rose said. “But he came back [to the Knicks]. You can’t get mad at him.”

Many experts have pegged Chicago as the team to beat in the Eastern Conference, over the LeBron James-led Cavaliers. The preseason only has made Rose more confident about this group.

“Everybody’s pushing everyone to get better,” Rose said. “Let’s just say we have a very good team, very deep team, very confident team. I think all the guys this year, from the rookies to the vets, we know why we’re here. That’s to do anything, give up anything, to win a championship.”

Anthony was close to joining the Bulls. He visited the Windy City on July 1 as part of the Bulls’ recruiting pitch. Anthony, however, eventually signed a five-year, $124 million deal with the Knicks, a figure larger than what the Bulls could offer. Chicago reportedly was Anthony’s second choice because he viewed them as giving him the best chance to win a championship — over the Mavericks, Rockets and Lakers, the other teams after his services.

“Yeah, I thought we had a chance,” Noah said.

Gasol spoke to the Knicks star during his whirlwind recruitment, at a time when Anthony was thinking about playing for the Lakers, Gasol’s former team. There was even the thought of Gasol joining Anthony in New York.

“We talked, but I think he made his decision after I made mine,” Gasol said. “We talked before, when he was thinking of going to Los Angeles and debated staying.

“I wasn’t surprised [when Anthony re-signed with the Knicks]. I was expecting it.”